So you’re supposed to use this USB Kill gizmo to “test” your computer to see if it’s vulnerable to a USB power surge. But the way you find out is if it kills your computer or not.
I don’t think they’ve thought this whole thing through...
The real truth is that this device was designed for malicious purposes. Regardless of what the author or the manufacturer says. You hand it to someone you don’t like and you tell them to checkout the pictures or whatever and then you walk away. That is what it is designed for.
When I saw the price in rupees, my first thought was a memory of an experience with some nice people from that subcontinent and their feeble attempt to freeze and ransom one of my computers.
Another freeper told me they were prolly moonlighting Windows employees.
No, no, no! It's not for you to use on YOUR computer. It's for you to use on your buddy's computers. . . heheheheh.
Actually, it's for the manufacturer to test their own products.
If you found this gadget in the parking lot, what would you do?
To paraphrase a famous 'Rat pol, you have to plug it in to see what's in it ...
Of course, if you have an Apple computer, nothing will happen.
But then, what if you found a different USB in the parking lot, and you plug it in and find it contains your agency's personnel database, among other things. You click this, that, and what not. Soon, your computer is uploading everything to which you legitimately have access across the big pond to the PLA ...
I kind of agree. . . in what way is this a true piece of testing equipment when there is really no way to know at exact what voltage and current the tested PC finally gave up and failed? I don't see any test leads on the USB stick to tell the tester what level it reached before the tested PC failed. It just keeps upping the voltage and current until the target PC fails to block the surge being presented. In what way does that tell the tester how much protection is necessary?